Electrical measuring instrument



April 13 1926. I 1,580,408

G.A.CHEETHAM ELECTRICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENT Filed May 18, 1918 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WITNESSES b BY WWJQA H 2. ATTORNEY INVENTOR A iil 1315,, 1926. 1,580,408 G. A. CHEE THAM ELECTRICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENT Filed May 18, 1918 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a4 5-45 40 sa 4/ x 3 m1 WITNESSES: M2 6 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Pipr. 13, 1926 GEORGE ARTHUR CHEE'IHAM, F MARC ESTRR, ENGLAND, ASSVIGNOIR; T0 wns'rmee HOUSE ELECTRIC SYLVA'NIA.

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. Be it known that1l,"Gn0nGn ARTHUR CIIEETIIAM, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a residentiof Manchester," in 5 the county ofLancaster,England, have invented "a neivand useful Improvement Bej .lating to Electrical Measuring Instruments, 7 of which'the'following is a specification. This inveution relatesto electrical meals tiring instruments" and has for its object to provide improved apparatus whereby the idle or reactive componentbf, the, Yolk amperesor the time 'integralof this quantity'may be measured in three phase electric current distribution systems. From the combination of the reactive" componentof the power with the rate of energy or true power flowing in the circuit the v e-am peres can be obtained and in'ai'similar m ner the latter quantity or reactive compo-' nent of energy can be combined with the energy expended in the circuit tofob'ta-in the time integral of the volt-ampere prod-f not or olbampere hours. In the latter case. some method of obtaining a positive. registration of the time integral of the idle-{ or reactive component irrespective of its sign becomes necessary to obtain accurate values of the volt-ampere integral, as in a circuit where the voltage leads thecurrent in phase the idle component has the opposite .sign to that which it hasfwhen a current leads the voltage. .Meas uring instru-. ments have previously been designed and methods of connecting wattmeters 0f .ordil narytype to the circuit have been. proposed by" which the measurement ofthe abovementioned quantities may be obtained. The present invention relates to an improy ed arrangement for, the purpose in which' a two-element wattmeter or two wattmeters of ordinary type are used asihereinaiter explained. Where the time integral of 't e quantity is required, wattliour ineters,are employed instead of wattm eters.

In t e ompanyi g rawngs F g- 1 is an electrical diagramlshowingthe inven- I tion as applied to a four-wire, three-phase y tem o di trib t on and Fig- 2 new diagram illustrating the sen-[e9 Fig. 1 is a Application filed May 18,

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view showing the general mechanical arrangement oftheinvention as illustrated. diagrammatically in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4:

are electrical diagrams illustrating modifi I I cation-s. 'Fig. 5 S an electrical diagram 65 showing the invention applied to athreei wirc,"three-phase system of distribution and Fig. .6is avectolj' diagram illustrating the same. Fig. 7 1s an electrical dlagram illus 7 trating almodification of the arrangementshown in Fig. 5. I Referring now to Fig. 1, the phase wires of the circ uit'are indicated by the letters a', b and of, and the neutral conductor by The voltage coil 1 of the meter element or meter 2 is 7 connected between thc 'conductOrS b and a, and the. Voltage coil 3' oi; the meter element'or meter is connected between the co'nductors a, has shown;- Saidco ls mayj have a common terminal joined 7 I byaconductor 5 which is-connecte'd to the conductor I). Said voltage coils. 1 and '3 are, prov ded withthe same-number of turns and are similarly situated in relation to the respective m ble elements of the meters '7 2.. a 4:. Theseries coils are indicated I at 6:, 7, Sand-9, and all have the same number of turns and are similarly situated in [relation to the movable. elements of the respective meters The series coil 6'is connected to the secondary winding 10 of a I transformer llthe primary winding '12 of which isin'cluded in series with the conductor a, and the series coil 9 of the other meter element is connected ina similar '1 manner to the terminals of the secondary winding 13'ofthe transformer '14; the primary winding 15 of .which is included in series with the conductor 0. The Other series coils?" and 8 of the two meter elements are connected in series by-the conductor 16 and their free terminals are connected to the se ondary inding 17 o a ranst mer' 18 he primary Winding 1. f h ch s. include in series with the conductor 7). '95 Th re a ionship .016 he "o age n c ents cir ula n. the v rious me er s re sh n the eoter gramF- g- 2 in hich Q1, Q3 1: n he r spee tivecurrentsinthe secondaries of-the cur- 7 shown rent transformers 11, 18 and 1 1, respective ly and ha and represent the voltages across the conductors Z) and a, and c and b. In one element of the wattmeter, O and C- are combined with 0 Z) and 111 the other element C and -C are combined with b a.

c7) {0 cos (90 o 0 cos (150 Q53) and since bc ba u the voltage between phases and 'v zo v zv the voltage between any phase and the neutral point the above expression is which is the idle or reactive component of the volt-ampere product or apparent power traversing the circuit.

From this analysis it is seen that the algebraic sum of the torques of the two elements or the two meters 2 and 1 will be proportional to the idle or reactive component of the voltampere product of the energy supplied to the circuit ii'idependent of power factor and unbalanced load conditions.

In the modification shown in F ig. 3, the same reference letters and numerals are applied to the same parts as in Fig. 1, but the transformers 11, 18 and let are omitted and series coils G; 7, 8 and 9 of the meters or meter elements are connected directly in series with the conductors a, Z) and 0. This modification may be employed when the currents flowing in the conductors are not heavy enough to damage the meter windings. In other cases the transformers as in Fig. -1 will be used.

Fig. 1 illustrates a further modification in which the meter winding is further simplilied and the voltage coils are supplied with ener from voltage transformers so that it may usefully he cnq'lloycd when the voltage between the phases is comparatively high. 'i. he voltage coil of the meter element 2 connected to the terminals'of-the secondary winding 2-1 of a transformer 22 the primary winding 23 of which is connected across the conductors Z) and 0, and the voltage coil 24 of the meter element 4 is connected in a similar manner to theseeondary winding 25 of a transformer 26 the primary winding 27 of which is connected across the 1,5sc,4.os

'0 v and 0 represent the voltages between each phase and the neutral point and the currents C C and C difier in phase from these voltages by the respective angles Q51, and s The torque of the wattmeter is therefore proportional to sin 1 sin ([5 2 J 2 i conductors a and I), as shown. Opposite terminals of the voltage coils 20 and 2 1 may be connected together by a conductor 28 and to a single conductor 29, the latter being connected to a point 30 to adjacent terminals of the secondary windings 21 and 25. The meter elements are respectively provided with current coils 31 and 32, coil 31 being connected to the terminals of the secondary winding 10 of the transformer 11 and to the terminals of the two secondary windings 13 and 17 of the transformers 14 and 18 which are connected in series. The current coil 32 is connected to the terminals of the secondary winding 13 of the transformer 14 and to the terminals of the secondary windings 10 and 17 which are connected in series. in other words, the secondary windings 10, 17 and 13 are connected in delta, and current coil 31 is connected to the terminals of the winding 10 and the current coil 32 is connected to the terminals of the winding 13. Obviously the coils 31 and 32 may be provided with a common terminal which is connected to the common terminal of the windings 10 and 13.

It will be evident that the current which in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 passed through the current coils 7 and 8 will now be superimposed upon the current traversing the coils 6 and 9 which correspond to the coils 31 and 32 of Fig. 4. The vector analysis hereinabove given with reference to F 2 is clearly applicable to the arrange ments shown in Fig. 4. 7

Referring now to Fig. 5 which illustrates the invention as applied to a three-conductor three-phase system, 33 is a two-element polyphase wattmet-er or watthour meter of +ba (a sin 5 +0 cos 5 a similar description to that shown in Fig 4, for example, having current coils 34 and and voltage coils 36 and 37, corresponding to the two meter elements. The current coil 3-1- is connected to the terminals of the secondary winding 38 of a transformer 39 the primary winding 40 of which is included in .series with the conductor 0 and the current coil 35 is connected to the terminals of. the

secondary winding ll of a transforn'ier 42;

the primary winding 41-3 of which is included in series with the conductor a. Two poten tial transformers l4: and 45, have their primary windings 46 and 4-H connected respecformers 45 and 44. the coil 37 which combined with the current tivelyacross the conductors c. and'lb, and a and-b; the secondary windings .48 and 49 of said transformers are connected in :series and are provided with the internal taps50 and 51, 111 order that, if V is the normal secs ondary voltage of the transformers and also of the meters or meter elements to be used the voltage between the common point 52 of the secondary windings 48 and 49 and either of the taps 50 and 51 is equal to TA/ r between the common point 52 and the other is connected to the points 51and 53. The

vector diagram Fig.- 6' shows the current and voltage relations existing in [the arran ementshown in Fig. 5, Oct, 0?), and O0 representing thecurrents in theconductors a, b and c, and

ondary voltages V ofthe potential trans- Oa in coil35 (through the transformer to produce the algebraic sum of the potential differences of the points 52 and 51 and52 and 53 respectively and is obtained by adding the vectors 133A and B4B, the resultant of which 1513a,.

Since B3A=V/ /3 tween BA and BA :9O and I '2 2 Barn/ e 41 Similarly the voltage combining with the current 00 (through the transformer 39) is equal to V and lags 90 behind B0. Let O66, OZ) and 00:0 G and C respectively. The torque on the wattmeter is, therefore, proportional to i V0 cos {6O +VC cos (12O' 5 1 Sin +1)+ 3 tr but V sin (30+ is the vertical component of BA relative to G and this is equal to the sum of the vertical components ot' a, and I-o relative to (1,, since BA is the resultant of thesetwo vectors, Similarly V sin (4 30) is the sum'ot the vertical components of a and o 'relative'to C Hence the torque is proportional to ponent of C -relative too hence their sum is the vertical component of the resultant of BA. and BC the normal sec-' The voltage applied to a torque in the instrument, is

and B4B 2V/ #3 and v and because angle A 3AB:6O the angle beant isC therefore. thetorque is proportional 1 1 Sin '1+"72O2 Sin Sin 4 which is the totalidle' component and is independent of power factor or unbalanced 'loadconditions.

Fig. 7 shows an arrangement similar to Fig. 5 but'the transformers 44 and 45 are replaced by auto-transformers and 56,

the voltage windings 34 and 35 being resG' and 'TC relative to o but this result- 'spectively connected; to'appropriate taps corresponding to the points 50, 51, 53 and 54 of the diagram Fig. 5 and thecurrent transformers 39 and 42 are omitted in order that the current coils 34 and elements or meters may be included directly in series with the conductors a and 0.

The relationship of the currents and voltages in this arrangement is substantially the same as hereinabove described with refer 5 and no further description will ence to Fig.

to enable it to be understood be necessary by persons skilled in the art.

It will be 'understood that the meter ele ments employed may be of any suitable in-' duction type and that either two-element polypha'se wattmeters or watthour meters may be used as indicated inthe diagram, or single-phase meters may be employed and the indications or registrations combined algebraically. i 7

IZclai'm as my invention z 1. In; a measuring instrument for a multi-phase circuit, the combination with a meter having a voltage element connected between two conductors of the circuit and a current element connected differentially 35 of the wattmeter between one of said conductors andtlie third conductor of the circuit, of a second'metcr having a voltage element connected between one of said two conductors and said third I conductor and a'current element connected diiierentially between tie second and first conductors. v

2. A measuring instrument for a'multiphase circuit comprising a meter having a voltage elementconnected between two conductors of the circuit and a current element connected to a third conductor of the circuit, a second meter having a voltage element connected between, the second and third conductors of the circuit and a cur,- rent element connectedto'the first conductor of the circuit, said voltage element-s be ing' connected in open-delta relation, and

series-related current elements each operating differentially with one of said first current elements and connected to the. second conductor of the circuit.

3. LAn instrument for measuring the reactive component of the apparent power of a threeephase circuit comprising two wattmeter elements and means for energizing one element in accordance with the product of the voltage between two conductors and the difference between vthe current traversing one of the two conductors and the cur rent traversing the third conductor of the circuit, and for energizing the other wattlneter element in accordance with the product of the voltage between one of the said two conductors and the said third conductor, and the difference between the currents respectively traversing the second of the said two conductors and the first conductor. In testimony whercof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 12th day of April 1918.

GEORGE ARTHUR CHEEIHAM. 

